It has been a foregone conclusion since their 24-game points streak to open the season that the Blackhawks would be in the playoffs, and Sunday, they made it official with a 5-3 victory over the Nashville Predators, Chicago’s league-best 29th win this season.

Up next are the Anaheim Ducks, who have a magic number of two points to clinch a playoff spot, and a nine-point lead over both the third-place team in the conference, the Vancouver Canucks, and the second-place team in the Pacific Division, the Los Angeles Kings.

What about the rest of the Western contenders? Here’s how the schedule shakes out for the remaining teams in the hunt…

3. Vancouver Canucks (21-11-6, 48 points)

After Monday night’s home game against the Coyotes, a five-game road trip to the Mountain and Central time zones looms, with the schedule blow softened by the fact that only St. Louis, on the back end of a back-to-back, represents a clash with a top-eight team. At 9-6-3, Vancouver is one of only five teams in the West to have won half of its road games (Chicago, Anaheim, St. Louis, Dallas), so the path to a playoff spot, as well as a fifth straight Northwest Division title, is not exactly fraught with peril.

4. Los Angeles Kings (22-14-4, 48 points)

The defending champs play five of their remaining nine games on home ice, where they are 14-4-1 this season. The most important dates on the schedule are on the road, though: April 16 at San Jose and April 23 at Minnesota, as Los Angeles faces the two teams most likely to challenge for home ice in the first round.

5. San Jose Sharks (20-12-7, 47 points)

The Sharks kicked off a four-game road trip with a loss to Columbus. San Jose still has to play Detroit, Dallas, and Phoenix on the trip that wraps up next Monday, and is followed the next day by a visit to San Jose by a Kings team that will be much fresher, having not played since Saturday. Five of the last nine games are against teams not in playoff position, so while the schedule is arduous, seven points of breathing room should be plenty.

6. St. Louis Blues (22-14-2, 46 points)

After finishing a four-game road trip that began with 1-0 wins at Detroit and Nashville, the Blues play seven of their final eight games at home, with only three of those against current playoff teams. Two of those are against the Blackhawks, including the last game of the season, when Chicago may well take the opportunity to rest some regulars. St. Louis has to leave the Central Time Zone only twice the rest of the way, facing the Blue Jackets in Columbus on Friday, and the lowly Avalanche in Denver on April 21.

7. Minnesota Wild (22-15-2, 46 points)

Two back-to-backs remain on the schedule: a Calgary-Edmonton two-step next Monday and Tuesday, then the last two games of the season, home against the Oilers and at Colorado. The only remaining road game for Minnesota against a top-eight team is April 18 at San Jose, with half of the Wild’s stretch slate coming against Northwest Division also-rans. The Wild has won nine of its last 10 games against teams currently sitting outside of playoff spots.

8. Detroit Red Wings (19-15-5, 43 points)

The quest to make a 22nd consecutive playoff appearance is dependent upon a solid performance on a grueling, three-time zone road trip that starts Friday in Chicago (the second game of a back-to-back), followed by Nashville, Calgary, and Vancouver. The good news for Detroit is that only four of its remaining nine games are against teams higher in the standings, and two of those—against the Sharks and Kings—are against West Coast teams coming to the Motor City. The Red Wings are 2-1 against Pacific Time Zone teams at home this season, with the one loss coming to the high-flying Ducks.

9. Dallas Stars (19-17-3, 41 points)

It would be crazy if the Stars made the playoffs after a fire sale, but stranger things have happened, and Dallas has only two games left outside the Central Time Zone—April 21 at Los Angeles and two days later at San Jose. Only two games are left against teams outside the top eight—Friday at Nashville and April 25 against the Blue Jackets—so it will be incredibly difficult for the Stars to make a run.

10. Columbus Blue Jackets (17-16-7, 41 points)

Losers of two of four since acquiring Marian Gaborik from the New York Rangers, the Blue Jackets have a home game against the Blues before going on the road to face Minnesota, Colorado, Anaheim, Los Angeles, San Jose, and Dallas—all but one of whom is ahead of Columbus in the West race. By the time the Blue Jackets return home for the season finale against the Predators, it is unlikely to matter for a team that has won only five of 18 road games this season.

11. Phoenix Coyotes (17-15-6, 40 points)

Seven of the remaining 10 games are on the road, where Phoenix has won only four of 17 this season, and twice in regulation. The scene of one of those victories was Vancouver, where the Coyotes open a three-game trip on Monday night, and there is only one back-to-back set remaining, with the last two games of the season coming at home against the Avalanche, and on the road in Anaheim. Only three games remain against teams below Phoenix in the standings.

12. Edmonton Oilers (16-15-7, 39 points)

Seven of the Oilers’ last 10 games come on home ice, although it is hard to say what playing home games against the Ducks on April 21 and 22 means from an advantage standpoint. Edmonton also faces Anaheim on Monday night in Southern California, and of the seven games on the schedule not against the Ducks, four are against teams in playoff position. A restful three-game homestand that starts Wednesday against Phoenix, then continues Saturday against Calgary before wrapping up Tuesday against Minnesota is pretty much a must-sweep.

13. Nashville Predators (15-18-8, 38 points)

Five points back of eighth place, with only seven games to play, the four-game homestand that started Tuesday against the Blues marked do-or-die time for Nashville (The Predators were blanked 1-0), with visits to follow from the Stars, Red Wings, and Canucks—the last three coming in a four-day span. There is only one home game left after that, against the Flames. Nashville’s outside shot at a fourth consecutive playoff appearance depends on help from above. Even if the Predators win out, the eighth-place Red Wings would need only 12 points in nine games to hold them off.